Unauthorized Investment

Unauthorized Investment

An investment that does not meet the investment goals of a bank or trust. An unauthorized investment may be legal; that is, a bank or trust may be allowed to purchase an unauthorized investment. However, it does not suit the particular needs of the bank or trust. It contrasts with a nonlegal investment, which is not permitted by law.

The recent humiliating penalty (to write a public self-criticism paper) for the governor of Inner Mongolia and his deputies for embarking on an unauthorized investment binge in coal-fired power plants sets a good example.

The South China Morning Post reported that the alleged misuse of funds involved so-called ''off-balance-sheet'' money -- accumulated through skimming off officially allocated funds and through unauthorized investment without the knowledge of the bank's Beijing headquarters.

The evolving status reflects the uncertainty surrounding the management of the endowment fund, the financial relationship with College Landing (a residential development), unauthorized investment programs and recent changes in management.

announces that it has been negotiating with Globe-X Management the terms of a settlement relating to the previously disclosed unauthorized investment of US$122 million, of which US$76 million remains outstanding.

The federal filing comes a week after the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy started hearings in a related investigation, which centers on Edison's unauthorized investment in RCN, and whether it is using ratepayer-paid assets to subsidize the joint venture.

The controls relate, for example, to preventing an entity from incurring unauthorized investments, making unauthorized expenditures, incurring unauthorized liabilities, having inventory stolen or detecting such events in a timely manner.

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